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JD DeLuzio
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Special Edition DVD
January 20, 2004 by JD DeLuzio Movies
Cast, Crew, and Other Info:
Director: Richard Fleischer
Writer: Earl Felton
Professor Arronax: Paul Lukas
Ned Land: Kirk Douglas
Conseil: Peter Lorre
Captain Nemo: James Mason
Based on the novel by Jules Verne.
Available at Amazon.com and at Amazon.ca.
Return of the Space Age?
January 9, 2004 by JD DeLuzio Science
George Bush will reportedly announce plans for the U.S. to return to the moon, establish a permanent presence there, and move on. Break out the space snacks.
Ghosts of SF’s Past
January 3, 2004 by JD DeLuzio Books
January will see the publication of a long-lost work by Robert Heinlein. Publishers rejected the 1930s effort, For Us the Living, for being too didactic. Hardly suprising for Heinlein, but the novel’s apparent political philosophy differs from the views he would later espouse.
The horror, the horror!
January 3, 2004 by JD DeLuzio Music
According to a CBC report, William Shatner, who once appalled the world with his album The Transformed Man, will apparently release another album, with backing by the likes of Henry Rollins.
“Attention students! We will be holding a “Hulk Alert” drill later this week….
December 14, 2003 by JD DeLuzio Ask The Bureau
I was watching the news of Saddam Hussein’s arrest this morning, and after the more typical thoughts, the inevitable geeky one came to me…
Warner Bros Lost in Space Pilot Updates
December 14, 2003 by JD DeLuzio TV Series
Anonymous Coward writes, This just came thru from L.I.S.A. Lost in Space Australia the info was faxed to Glen Ware from LIS Producer Kevin Burns.
Firefly: “Heart of Gold”
December 8, 2003 by JD DeLuzio Firefly
A brothel on yet another goram rock in space is in a heap o’ trouble, and Mal and the crew ride on in to help’em out. This is the last of the so-called “lost” episodes of Firefly, not broadcast in the show’s original run. Not since “The Train Job” has the show taken its western elements so literally and, while its not the strongest episode, it works a lot better than that Fox-ordered second pilot. If you missed it on Space, you can find it on the DVD.
Webcomix
December 4, 2003 by JD DeLuzio Comics
Knew this kid awhile back, at the end of the last century. Since then, he’s joined the rest of us (ok, some of us) in the working world but, turns out, he’s also been doing webcomix under the handle “Tailsteak.” Most of these include at least some genre element….
Oscar Night
January 27, 2004 by JD DeLuzio Movies
It’s time for Hollywood types to receive little statues of C3P0’s prototype.
Head here for the official list of nominees, which include a Best Pic and Best Director nomination (among others) for Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King and a best actress for Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider.